Domestic violence rises by a third when England win or lose an important football match but stay level if we draw.

Research during the 2010 World Cup showed that when England beat Slovenia 1-0, domestic beatings rose by 27.7%.

Similarly after England’s 4-1 defeat to Germany household violence went up by 31.5%.

The figures, obtained from 33 out of England’s 39 police forces, also showed that the levels of attacks reported stayed roughly the same after a draw.

When England drew with USA 1-1 it fell by 1.9%, while when they drew 0-0 against Algeria it rose just 0.1%.

Author Professor Allan Brimicombe, of the University of East London, said the increases could be caused by booze added to fans’ highly charged emotional state.

His research follows up earlier claims by the Home Office that the worrying rise could apply to any big fixture.

Prof Brimicombe, whose research is published in the journal Significance, called for schools, police and football bodies to tackle the issue.

He said: “Major sporting events do not cause domestic violence but the levels of alcohol consumption linked to the highly charged emotional nature of those events seems to increase the prevalence of incidents.”